It seems that the Song family did indeed discover something about me calling that girl over tonight.

She sent a message to explain, but for some reason, Su Zhinan always looked away at the right moment, and they just couldn't make eye contact.

Su Zhinan tried his best to appear very busy. He couldn't directly tell Pingping that she was pregnant, so he could only make up an excuse to get by for now.

Halfway through the banquet, Xu Yichen suddenly seemed to have made a decision and stood up, walking towards Su Ping.

While everyone was quietly observing the situation, Xu Yichen stopped next to Song Yifei, who was standing next to Su Ping.

"Dad, Mom, I know you won't be happy about what I'm about to say, but I don't want her to be with me without a proper relationship anymore."

Xu Yichen's powerful voice rang out beside her. Su Ping was somewhat surprised, not expecting him to choose to confront Zhen Xianggang in public this time.

Song Yifei covered her mouth and looked at him in disbelief, with tears glistening in her eyes.

For some reason, this scene suddenly ignited a fire.

Zhen Xiang slammed her chopsticks down on the plate, a fleeting look of anger crossing her face.

Suppressing her anger, she said to Xu Yichen's cousin on the other side, "Youlin, your cousin is drunk, quickly help him downstairs to rest!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Youlin, the "tool man," could only stand up with a wry smile, nod, and walk towards Xu Yichen.

"No!"

Xu Yichen shouted to stop him, and without hesitation bent down and took Song Yifei's hand that was hanging on the table.

Then, after looking around, he said with a firm gaze, "I'm with Yifei."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions became inscrutable.

Su Ping subconsciously looked at her father, Su Zhinan, only to find that he clearly had a relieved expression on his face.

If his daughter hadn't told him she was secretly pregnant, he would definitely have been unable to resist beating Xu Yichen up now that he'd heard him say that.

But now that Pingping is pregnant with someone else's child, and he also has someone he likes, he suddenly feels at peace.

Thankfully, this farce didn't start. If the children from both families had been forced to be together under such circumstances, things would have really gotten chaotic.

Hearing her son dare to say such things in public, Zhen Xiang could no longer maintain her composure and said coldly, "Do you know what kind of occasion this is?"

Xu Yichen bowed apologetically to everyone, then tightened his grip on Song Yifei's hand: "Mom, I know you can't accept Yifei right now, but I won't give up on her."

After saying that, he grabbed Song Yifei's hand and pulled her up from the chair.

Song Yifei was clearly out of sorts, and just let Xu Yichen pull her away from the banquet in a daze.

Song Qi had been watching from the sidelines, and when he saw Xu Yichen showing a rare display of strength, he raised an eyebrow in surprise.

He originally planned to take his sister away if she was wronged, but this kid beat him to it.

After Xu Yichen left, Zhen Xiang was so angry that she trembled all over and couldn't help but turn her anger towards Xu's father, who was sitting next to her deep in thought.

Looking at the expression on his face, some unpleasant memories suddenly flooded her mind.

Without thinking, she blurted out, "What, are you regretting marrying me? If you had chased after her back then, the person sitting next to you now would be your Jasmine!"

When she brought up a secret she had kept hidden in her heart for many years in front of everyone, Xu's father showed a rare expression of anger.

"Can you please stop making a scene?"

Zhen Xiang sneered and retorted, "What, am I wrong? My son has never disobeyed me in all his life, so why does he turn out like this when it comes to matters of the heart? Did you say something to him?"

Su Ping listened silently to the couple's back-and-forth conversation, feeling like a badger in a melon patch.

It turns out that the gossip of the previous generation was so fascinating, it was like a TV drama!

As Zhen Xiang continued arguing, she suddenly realized that today's banquet was not only for her own relatives, but also for the Su family father and daughter.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she looked apologetically at Su Zhinan and Su Ping across from her.

But they found that Su Zhinan did not look angry or embarrassed at being teased. Instead, Su Ping, who was sitting next to him, had her head down and her shoulders were shaking as if she was crying.

"Ping'er, Yichen had a few drinks today and said those things on purpose to upset me. Don't be sad, I'll give him a good talking to when he gets back!"

Su Ping's smile froze on her face. Realizing that she shouldn't be smiling in this situation, she patted her face and looked up.

"It's alright, Aunt Zhen. I've long considered Yichen as my own brother."

Hearing this, everyone felt that Xu Yichen had no taste.

Instead of marrying a wealthy heiress of equal social standing, he insists on pursuing some so-called true love.

Zhen Xiang wanted to say something more, but seeing this, she could only nod reluctantly and urge everyone to continue eating.

...

"Brother Chuan, do you still remember me?"

Hearing a familiar voice, Tu Hengchuan looked up and saw that the boy next to him had been replaced by He Ruoruo.

At that moment, He Ruoruo was holding two glasses of red wine, and she was handing one of them to him.

The commotion attracted a lot of attention.

Tu Hengchuan didn't actually have a deep impression of her, but considering they worked at the same company, he nodded politely and gave her a smile.

Seeing that he didn't intend to take the wine from her hand, He Ruoruo felt a little anxious.

She had everything planned out; all that remained was to figure out was how to get Tu Hengchuan to drink the spiked wine in her hand.

So she bit her lip, and when she looked up again, her face was full of embarrassment and hurt.

"I was quite happy recording a variety show with Brother Chuan last time. Is Brother Chuan not even willing to give me the honor?"

Tu Hengchuan glanced at his phone several times; Su Ping hadn't replied to his messages all night.

Hearing He Ruoruo's words at this moment, I just found them incredibly annoying.

Thinking that if he took a symbolic sip, she wouldn't act so much, Tu Hengchuan took the drink and took a sip himself.

He Ruoruo watched his actions and a happy smile appeared on her face.

At the same time, a calculating glint flashed in his lowered eyes.

She knew he was just putting on an act, so she added a potent ingredient to the glass of red wine.

It is colorless and odorless. Any man who touches it will see results in no time.

Next, I need to find an excuse to leave with him.

Sure enough, after she drank the wine, He Ruoruo stopped bothering her and obediently sat back down in her seat.

Tu Hengchuan placed the wine glass on the table, and soon felt a bit thirsty, which aroused his suspicion.

He glanced at the half-empty glass of red wine on the table, his gaze chillingly cold.